Claranet has written a cheque for the data storage and security reseller Union Solutions.
Claranet has paid an undisclosed sum to acquire the Surrey and Kent-based Microsoft Azure partner, which employs 30 staff and has a turnover of £10 million.
Claranet has bought up 20 firms in five years – its more recent purchases include UK security provider Sec-1.
Operating in the UK and seven mainland European countries, Claranet claims to have a revenue of £325 million and hires 1,800 staff and have 6,500 clients.
Claranet UK said it bought Union to boost its presence in the retail, legal and financial services sectors.
Union Solutions will enhance its hosting design, transition, and migration capabilities for large-scale on-premise solutions as well as additional strong Azure skills and offerings.
Union founder Jason Rabbetts is staying with the business. He said that Union’s data management services, hyper-converged platform skills, and Azure specialism – now coupled with Claranet’s public cloud and private cloud capabilities – brings an incredibly powerful hybrid transformation proposition to our customers and the general market.
